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CONFIDENTIAL VATICAN 006619
SIPDIS

EMBASSY VATICAN MESSAGE 134/01

EO 12958 DECL: 12/19/2006
TAGS KNAR, PHUM, PREL, VT

SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CATHOLIC- JEWISH HISTORICAL
COMMISSION WITH CARDINAL KKASPER

REF: 01 VATICAN 4258

CLASSIFIED BY: AMBASSADOR JIM NICHOLSON, REASON E.O. 12958 1.5 ( B, D )

11. (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED CATHOLIC- JEWISH DIALOGUE DURING A 12/18 COURTESY CALL ON PROPAGANDA FIDES CONFIDENTIAL

PAGE 02 VATICA 06619 310931Z PRESIDENT CARDINAL WALTER KASPER. KASPER WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT A CATHOLIC-JEWISH COMMISSION OF LAY HISTORIANS WOULD

12. (C) DURING A 12/18 COURTESY CALL ON PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR PROMOTION OF CHRISTIAN UNITY (PROPAGANDA FIDES) CARDINAL WALTEF

14. (C) KASPER AVERRED THAT THE CRITICISM OF PIUS XII AS PRO-NAZI WAS WITHOUT FOUNDATION, AND THAT THE ARCHIVES WOULD EVENTUALLY BEAR THIS OUT.

PAGE 04 VATICA 06619 310931Z "EVERYBODY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANT." MOREOVER, KASPER SAID, "THE CONVENTS ALL AROUND HERE (ROME) WERE FULL OF J

15. (C) COMMENT: CLEARLY THE VATICAN REMAINS HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO CRITICISM OF PIUS XII, A POPE THEY ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING TO CANONIZE. KASPER SE

CONFIDENTIAL

2001VATICA06619 - Classification: CONFIDENTIAL